Thornton’s Travel Service and Fast Track Holidays were the big winners at Travel Weekly’s Southwest and Wales Agent Excellence Awards last night.
Bristol-based Thornton’s won both business travel categories and the award for best agency innovation for its computer-generated window displays.
Fast Track Holidays, which is based in Wiltshire, won the categories for best cruise agency and best call centre sales consultant.
The event was held at the Southwest/Wales Travel Trade Ball at the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol.
Video: Reactions from the 10 award winners
The winners in full
 Best manager – large agency: Joe Teixeira, Co-op Travel Ultra, Gloucester |  Best sales consultant – large agency: Renate Boughton, First Choice Retail, Bath |
 Best call centre sales consultant: Daniel Leffers, Fast Track Holidays, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire |  Best sales consultant – small agency: Gill Hartigan, Howard Travel, Trowbridge, Wiltshire |
 Best business travel manager: Sarah Hoskin, Thornton’s Travel Service, Bristol |  Best manager – small agency: Leanne Douglas, Travelbank Worldchoice, Berry Pomeroy, Devon |
 Best homeworking agent: Kerry Kitto, Future Travel. Cornwall (accepted by colleague Tina Marshall, pictured) |  Best business travel consultant: Livi Hurst, Thornton’s Travel Service, Bristol |
 Best cruise agency: Fast Track Holidays, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, accepted by managing director Robin Deller |  Best agency innovation: Thornton’s Travel Service, Bristol, accepted by managing director Patrick Murphy |
Look out for video from the ceremony on Travelweekly.co.uk soon…
From the Travel Weekly Blog